Feb. & Mar. 09 Cambodia Update - "...We Serve A God Who Answers Prayer..."

Dear Family, Friends, & Beloved Prayer Warriors -

Warm greetings to you from Elijah and Aaron all the way from Cambodia in South East Asia - we pray that this update finds you well and we invite you to read this brief summary of the last two months (Feb. & Mar.) Elijah & I both wrote a note to you all and we combined them together. Enjoy the update and we invite you to receive encouragement and be inspired by the Holy Spirit to keep serving Jesus Christ with your whole heart - give your all to the Lord in His service! I feel it is fitting to state once again the object of our service to the Master (which can never be exhausted!), "...to love the Lord our God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your soul, and with all your strength; and to love our neighbor as yourself ." Let us love God with everything that we posses and as we pour ourselves out before the Lord in His service - He will continually fill us with His loving Spirit and others will be drawn to Him as our lives are overflowing with His love! Let us abide in Him and remember that He is with us always even to the end of the age!

"First of all I want to state that we serve a God who answers prayer, and who's love ,we can never exhaust. With that said, I want to thank all of you for the prayers and support, it has meant more to me then you will ever know. I have had the blessing to learn alot about faith due to alot of health problems in the last few months. But the Lord is sustaining me. There is so much work to be done in Cambodia, and the longer I'm here the more I see what needs to be done. The Lord is the only hope for this country. There is so much injustice here and so many people who are without any hope. They have been through so much in the last 40 years and now they still have to deal with a corrupt government. I know the Lord wants to show the people of Cambodia He has not forgotten them, and that His love for them is unending. God has been opening up many doors to meet what I feel are important contacts and people who will greatly benefit this ministry in the long term. I am excited for this. The Lord is always stretching and pruning me and these times never feel good but I'm grateful He cares. We serve a God who is Himself LOVE . I'm more then ever convinced that to understand and to know how to love we must know God above knowing all else. May the peace of the LORD fill you and keep you. I love you all, because He loved us first."
-EliJAH

"Dear Friends,
I am at a loss for words and am not sure how I want to start this update. The month of February & March were very trying for me - with sickness ( fevers, vomiting, back problems, muscle spasms, etc), miscommunication on my part (Its a tough learning lesson learning to lead and working through miscommunication - I am learning from the Lord Jesus and He has spoken, blessed, & helped me in 1 Peter 5:1-11). But I see going through trying times as a great thing (*James 1:2-4) yet it is not fun or comfortable but a necessary cost to count in following Jesus - as for me these trying times caused me to seek Him with all that I am and it created a fresh new hunger (*Matt. 5:6 & Psalm 119:2,10,34) and desperation for the King Jesus and His help! It reminded me that I am needy, weak, and helpless in and of myself(*Psalm 119:69-71,73-76,86-88, 107,114,116,117,145,146,153,173) and I'm always in need of Jesus and thankful for His invitation, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink" Yes! I am so thirsty and needy for my Savior!
Yet I am thinking of the fact of what God teaches that we are in Him, "...we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us."! Another thing, while being sick I was laid up and had time to think about alot of things, yet I am excited to relay the encouragement that the Holy Spirit desires to give you - "Keep going - don't give up but press in to Me." I want to encourage you with a reminder of an awesome truth - "God hears prayer and answers prayer." Continue in the faith and believe God - He will help you! Amen. "...seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you." - Jesus Christ. "
- Aaron B.

In conclusion I would like to share some things the Lord has shown us about our next steps to take, and we invite you to pray with us and watch the Lord answers these prayers! He has led us to plan to move up to Northern Cambodia (Preah Vihear Province) fall of 2009/spring 2010 to begin work among the rural unreached. I would also like to mention that we are confident the Lord hears our prayers and answers our prayers despite of the uncertainties in this world or financial crises - He has called us to this work ("He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. " *1Thess. 5:24) and He will supply! We are asking the Lord for - heavenly wisdom with these decisions, divine connections, and tangible resources:

Prayer Requests:



1. Transportation - 2 Motorbikes.




2. We Are Looking Into Purchasing Land To build vs. Renting/Leasing - for a long term ministry base.


3. Spiritual Awakening Among Cambodian People.


4. Long Term Visas.




5. English Teacher For English Program - God would call a person with vision to run an english program to benefit the rural poor and show them Gods love - most of the people are poor and have minimal opportunity for education and subsequently remain poor.




6. Sustainable Gardening Program.




7. Health Insurance.




8. Bibles, Bibles, Bibles - The Lord's desire is to offer Bibles free of charge!

***Please let me encourage you to Pray, Pray, Pray! Your prayers are very IMPORTANT!!!

Jesus Bless You!

Elijah B. & Aaron B.

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*Note: I wanted to update the list of answered prayer, prayer requests, and pictures.

Prayer Points For March 2009

Dear christian friends,



Here is the most current prayer requests that we have - we invite you to ask God with us! "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you." Matt. 6:33 &

"My prayer to God for (*Cambodia) Isreal is that they may be saved." Romans 10:1

*Note: Elijah and I are studying the language during the week and on the weekends we are scouting out a province in Northern Cambodia where God has leading us to set up a base for long term ministry.

Here are some main prayer points to pray about:

1. That Elijah and I would be in love with Jesus Christ!
   


2. That God would help me and Elijah to learn the language.(*Also ask for prayer in learning to read & prayer for heavenly diligence with language studies. We eagerly desire to speak in the khmer language so we can preach Jesus to lost Cambodians!)
   
   


3. That God would show us where He wants to set up a base for long term ministry in Northern Cambodia - Preah Vihear province. (*Pray for our weekend "Excursions" for the month of March.)
   


4. That God would spiritually awaken and pour out His Spirit on the people of Cambodia.
   


5. That God would bring young Khmer men to assist us and to be future christian leaders in Cambodia.
   


6. Cambodians would be saved and discipled and that House Churches would be started/planted in the 6 months we're here.
   


7. Provision For (Food, Transportation, Housing, Communication) For March 2009.
   


8. Provision For "Excursions" For March 2009 - Itinerant Weekend Trips To Rural Northern Cambodia To Establish Long Term Ministry.
   


9. Pray that our communication would be open between Elijah and I, between Cambodians and us as well.
   


10. Pray for our health - We are having consistent stomach problems.

"Then Jesus spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, saying: 'There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God or care about people. Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying,'Give me justice from my adversary.' And he wouldn't give her justice, but the judge thought to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about people, yet because this widow keeps bugging me I will help her so she doesn't wear me out.' Then the Lord said, 'Hear what the unjust judge said, 'And will God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily."Luke 18:1-8a

*PS - We are thankful and grateful for the many prayers that will be offered for the salvation of Cambodia and for Elijah and I. Thank you for this oh so important partnership in the Spirit!

In Jesus Christ,
Elijah Brown & Aaron Bradley
"...I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named..." Romans 15:20

A Word Of Inspiration For Christian Missions

Dear christian friends,
I pray that this note finds you well, my reason for writing is to inspire you for christian missions, to remind you that in unreached people groups in the world (*joshuaproject.net) approximately 2.72 billion people are poor lost souls, as we once were (*Matt. 9:12-13). I believe that God is asking His body, His church, His Bride to send out workers into this lost world - to go out in this dead and dieing world - to "Go for it!"
(*John 4:34-38 & Matt. 9:37,38)

Here is a challange that I believe the Lord of Glory wants to give His people:

• Will you dedicate yourself to His service?

• Will you dedicate yourself to the furtherance of His wonderful gospel?

• Will you say "yes" to this wonderful call to service and "Go"? (*Matthew 28:18-20)
  

• Those of you who are already devoted to the furtherance of the gospel, let this be an encouragment to you to keep going and step it up.

*May I share a wonderful quote from a pioneer missionary John Williams to the South Pacific, he said
while on furlow to England,

"I feel, still, that the work of christian missions is the greatest, noblest, and sublimest to which the energies of the human mind can be devoted. I think, christian friends, that no labor we can bestow, no sacrifice that we can make, no journeys that we can undertake are to great to be undertaken for the glorious purpose of illuminating the dark world with the light of the glorious gospel."

I pray that as the Spirit of God is working within you that you may do as He is asking of you and submit yourself afresh to His will and His kingdom. May He bless you as you say,"yes" to Him and go out in faith for the furtherance of His glorious gospel. May He be glorified and may His name and Kingdom be furthered!

*I am grateful for you all and am thankful for the many prayers! Lets dedicate ourselves to Him afresh and love Him with everything that we posses! "...love the Lord Your God with all your heart, and with all your mind, and with all you soul... love your neighbor as yourself." - Jesus (*Matt. 22:37-40)

Sincerly,
In Jesus Christ,
Aaron Bradley

*February Update Coming Soon...